Football has never appeared in the commonwealth games
There were 9 sports in the first commonwealth games
58 events were held in the first Commonwealth Games.
who was the first mascot for the commonwealth games
Fiji first participated at the Commonwealth Games in 1938.
The first Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland was in 2014.
The first Commonwealth Games were called the British Empire Games.
India first participated in the Commonwealth Games at the 1934 London Games.
Hockey was first played at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
550 athletes participated in the first commonwealth games
1930 in HamiltonFirst British Empire Games, later to become the Commonwealth Games, held in Hamilton, Canada. The first Commonwealth Games were held in1930 in Hamilton, Canada, where 11 countries sent 400 athletes to take part in six sports and 59 events.
The 1982 Commonwealth Games mascot was Matilda the Kangaroo. She was the first mascot for an Australian Commonwealth Games.
Swimming was first included in the Commonwealth Games program at the first Edition in 1930.